Title:
Pfc. Harry Yanaga (left), 26, a native of Fort Lupton, Colorado, and Pfc. Tom Yokoyama, 22, of Ontario, Oregon, wounded ...
Date:
1944-12
Subject:
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs
Note:
Full title:Pfc. Harry Yanaga (left), 26, a native of Fort Lupton, Colorado, and Pfc. Tom Yokoyama, 22, of Ontario, Oregon,
wounded war veterans who were members of the famous 442nd Combat Team which distinguished itself in Italy, are shown limbering
up in the gymnasium at Fitzsimons General Hospital near Denver. Yanaga was wounded in both legs, both shoulders and one wrist
by an artillery fire at Castellina, Italy, last July. He volunteered July 23, 1941 at Fort Lupton. Yokoyama was wounded in
the leg near Leghorn last July 16. He volunteered for the army and was inducted in May, 1943. He has two brothers in the army,
Soso in the 552nd Field Artillery, and Sato, a member of the 442nd Combat Team. Both Yanaga and Yokoyama received their preliminary
training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.<lb/> Photographer: [Official Fitzsimons General Hospital Photo]<lb/> Denver, Colorado.
Local Call Number:
WRA no. G-793
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Pfc. Harry Yanaga (left), 26, a native of Fort Lupton, Colorado, and Pfc. Tom Yokoyama, 22, of Ontario, Oregon, wounded ...